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S. E. BAKER.

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No. 342,242. Patented'May 18, 1886.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

SCIPIO E. BAKER, OF SPRINGFIELD, OHIO, ASSIGNORTO THE SPRINGFIELD METALLIC BURIAL GASKET COMPANY, OF SAME PLAGE.

COFFIN.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 342,242, dated May 18, 1886.

Application filed November-13, 1885.

T all whom, it may concern.-

Beit known that I,- Scirro E. BAKER, of the city of Springfield, county of Clark, and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and usefnl Improvements in Burial Gaskets, Gases, Sto., of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to burial-Gaskets, the object of the invention being to provide the rim of the body of the casket with an upward 1c ly-projecting strip or iiange extending around said rim at its outer edge and above the horizontal face. to hold the cement from displacement as the cover is screwed down upon the body of the casket. v

In cast-metal caskets it has been customary to form a groove in the face of the rim longitudinally, which extended below the surface of said rim,which groove was intended to hold the cement. This manner of constructing a 2o casket was practicable only with caskets in which the rim and main body portion were cast separately and afterward bolted together, or where the sides of the body were slightly inclined and of smooth surface; but it was not practicable to cast a panel-sided casket with a grooved rim, as the sides had to be cast in a horizontal position, and the pattern could not be drawn from the sand, which will be.

tion as provided with an upwardly-projectingA flange cast integral with the rim in accordance with my invention, the said figure showing the rubber gasket as cemented to the rim, leaving a space between it and the flange to receive the cement; Fig. 2, a like view of the same, showing the cement between the flange 5o and casket; Fig. 3, a like view, of a portion of Serial No. 182,750. (No model.)

the body with the gasket removed; and Fig. Li, a perspective view of a portion of the body of a casket, the said body having a plane-surfaced rim, and having a strip ofwood or other suitable material secured thereto to form an upward projection at the outer edge of the rim.

In the drawings, A represents the web or main portion of the body of a casket,which is preferably of cast metal, the said body being provided at its upper end with an internally and externally projecting rim, B, which rim, as shown in Figs. l, 2, and 3, has an upwardly-projecting ange, C, formed integral therewith, and extending longitudinally'around the rim B at its upper outer edge.

In practice it is preferable to cast the flange O as a part integral with the rim B, which in turn is cast as a part with the body A. However, I do not desire to limit myself to this special construction, as the ange C might constitute a piece separate from the rim and be secured to the rim by means of cement, screws, or otherwise. (See Fig. 4.)

The lower end of the body A is and maybe of any usual construction, it being herein shown as iianged, as at D, and having a bottom, E, bolted thereto. The general construction of the body may be as usual.

Secured to the face of the rim B, near its inner edge, by means of cement or otherwise, is a iexible gasket, F, preferably of rubber, the said gasket forming a wall for the cement G, which is contained between the gasket F and flange or strip C, the said gasket being placed sufficiently remote from the dange as to leave sufficient space between it and the ange to hold the desired quantity of cement to secure the cover of the casket to the body, and rendering the casket practically air-tight.

Insomuch as cementing the cover and body of metallic caskets together is well known in the art, it will be unnecessary to enter into details as to function and purpose.

By providing the rim of the body with an upwardly-projecting flange or strip at its outer edge, which strip extends entirely around the rim, and securing a flexible gasket upon the rim remote from the ange, to form a cementreceiving space, it will be seen that the cement will not be pressed outward orl inward IOC) .rim.

over the rim, and that the said construction will render the casket practically impervious to moisture and substantially air tight, the flange forming solid wall between the cement and outer atmosphere when the covei` is secured to the body.

I do not desire to claim a casket the rim of vthe body of which has a longitudinal groove Y internally and externally at its lower end, as

shown, and having an internally and externally projecting' rim provided with an upwardly-projecting iiange formed integral therewith, and extending above the horizontal plane of the rim longitudinally around its outer edge, for the purpose and substantially as described.

2.V In a metallic burial-casket, the body A, having the rim B, provided with the ila-nge C, formed integral therewith or secured thereto, as described, and the flexible gasket F, eX- tending longitudinally around the rim, and secured thereto, by cement or otherwise, at a distance more or less remote from the ange C, to leave a spaoe between adjacent sides of the flange andgasket for the reception of cem- 5 5 ent, substantially as described.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal at Springfield, Ohio, this 30th day of June, A. D. 1885.

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